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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does George want to postpone doing before they set up their boat for sleeping near Picnic Point?
(a) Make a few phone calls.
(b) Write letters home.
(c) Do an inventory count.
(d) Set up their beds.

2. What happens to Harris when he appears to disappear during lunch with the other men?
(a) He faints.
(b) He plays a trick on J.
(c) He falls into the edge of a gully hidden by tall grass.
(d) Nothing.

3. Why do the men insist that their food supplies be delivered to their boat immediately?
(a) They are worried the food might spoil.
(b) They have no food available.
(c) They need to divide the food supplies into daily portions before leaving.
(d) So they can get back on the river.

4. How does Montmorency react to the animal he tries to attack?
(a) He is intimidated by it.
(b) He acts mean but then ends up being nice.
(c) He kills it.
(d) He scares it away but doesn't actually end up hurting it.

5. When did George begin boating?
(a) At a very young age.
(b) As a teenager.
(c) When he was trying to impress a girl.
(d) This is his first trip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests the group make a stew one night for dinner?

2. Who gets tangled up in the materials needed to prepare the boat for sleeping?

3. Which two characters have previously taken a boat trip together?

4. What kind of canned item can the men not get open during their trip?

5. What time does George hear the bells chime in the story which J. tells about George's broken watch?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Montmorency burn himself the night everyone makes stew?

2. What does J.'s friend miscalculate with the punt when they are boating together?

3. What kinds of complaints does J. have about steam-powered boats?

4. After George's watch stops working, what does the policeman do when George asks him for the time?

5. How does the cat react when Montmorency tries to attack it?

6. Why does J.'s ode to night at the end of Chapter 10 seem so out of character?

7. What does George decide to do once he realizes he cannot go back to sleep the night his watch stops working?

8. How does Montmorency react to the tea kettle the night everyone makes stew?

9. What does J. think about rowing on the sea?

10. What change does J. notice about the group after they eat a large supper near Picnic Point?

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